Topic: news Sticky Expat Etiquette: Dealing with Other Foreigners in China

Alex if you were to REread the article again...you would find that the article in fact is NOT about the way foreigners control themselves in China- it's about how we deal with OTHER FOREIGNERS in China. I do have to agree that you are a troll- and I have lived in China for 8 years, married to a Chinese man, have a daughter born in China, live in a Chinese community with NO foreigners with my Chinese in-laws...very happily I might add. What you call "bossy" and "rude" is probably decisive and filled with common sense (which I notice is severely lacking in China)- but this is the way we do things in the West. The Chinese, speaking generally, don't like to be 'first' at something and will shy away from decision making whereas Westerners will know what we want, how we want it done, and how soon it should be done.

But I do agree that there are a lot of rude PEOPLE in China- not just foreigners though. I guess it just depends on your home culture on what you consider rude. I for one think spitting on the floor in a restaurant is rude, pushing and shoving in a line, and asking a strangers salary or weight is rude- but that's just me.